id county,
of the existence of said capias; and if the inhabitants of such
county shall permit such defendant to be or to live in said
county, in part or in whole, the inhabitants shall be subject to
an assessment of not less than five hundred dollars, nor more
than five thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court,
which said assessment shall be made in the following manner,
to-wit: When the sheriff or other officer shall return his
_alias capias_, showing that said defendant is an inhabitant of
said county, in part or in whole, and that the citizens thereof
have failed or refused to arrest said defendant, which every
citizen is hereby authorized to do or perform. Said court shall
order _sci. fa._ to issue to the proper officer to make known to
the chairman, judge, or other presiding officer of the County
Court, to appear and show cause why final judgment should not
have been entered up accordingly; which, if any County Court
fails or refuses to do and perform, any judge, in vacation,
shall grant a _mandamus_ to compel said County Court to assess
and collect said assessment, to be paid into the State treasury
for the benefit of the school fund; provided, said assessment
shall not be made of the sheriff or other officer, upon the
return of the original, or _alias_ writs, show cause why the
same cannot be executed, which may be done by his affidavit and
two respectable witnesses known to the court as such.
SEC. 10. _Be it further enacted_, That all the inhabitants in
this State shall be authorized to arrest any person defendant,
under the provisions of this act, in any county in this State
without process.
SEC. 11. _Be it further enacted_, That if any person or persons
shall write, publish, advise, entreat or persuade, privately or
publicly, any class of persons, or any individual, to resist any
of the laws of this State calculated to molest or disturb the
good people and peaceable citizens of the State, such persons
shall be subject to the penalties of the first section of this
act; and if an attorney at law, he shall be stricken from the
roll of attorneys and be prevented from practicing in any court
in this State.
SEC. 12. _Be it further enacted_, That if any person shall make
threats against any elector or person authorized to exercise the
elective fra
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